Though the long-lived founder of the House was known as Durin the Deathless, he did eventually die. A peculiarity of his House was that he would apparently return at times, with a member of his House being born with a striking likeness to the original Durin. These successors were also given the name 'Durin', and there were six such rulers after Durin the Deathless. Of these, it was Durin VI who was ruler of Khazad-dûm when the Balrog awoke, and was among its first victims (and for this reason it became known as Durin's Bane).